THE BRONX - A new lottery is designed to help immigrants trying to become U.S. citizens.

The citizenship application costs $680 and is supposed to become even pricier this fall. But the application will now be free for about 2,000 winners of a new lottery put in place by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Immigration lawyer Lymari Casta says the yearlong initiative, "Naturalize NY," is designed to help green card holders who do not qualify for a waiver of the application fee, but are still considered "working poor."